WoRMS taxon details
Sphaerosyllis Claparède, 1863
129677 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129677)
accepted
Genus
Sphaerosyllis (Sphaerosyllis) Claparède, 1863 · unaccepted
- Species Sphaerosyllis aciculata Perkins, 1981
- Species Sphaerosyllis annulata Nogueira, San Martín & Fukuda, 2004
- Species Sphaerosyllis antarctica Gravier, 1906
- Species Sphaerosyllis arenaceus
- Species Sphaerosyllis asiatica Buzhinskaya, 1980
- Species Sphaerosyllis austriaca Banse, 1959
- Species Sphaerosyllis bardukaciculata San Martín, 2005
- Species Sphaerosyllis bengalensis Rao & Ganapati, 1966
- Species Sphaerosyllis bifurcata (Hartmann-Schröder, 1979)
- Species Sphaerosyllis bifurcatoides (Hartmann-Schröder, 1979)
- Species Sphaerosyllis bilobata Perkins, 1981
- Species Sphaerosyllis boeroi Musco, Çinar & Giangrande, 2005
- Species Sphaerosyllis brasiliensis Nogueira, San Martín & Amaral, 2001
- Species Sphaerosyllis brevidentata Perkins, 1981
- Species Sphaerosyllis brevifrons Webster & Benedict, 1884
- Species Sphaerosyllis bulbosa Southern, 1914
- Species Sphaerosyllis californiensis Hartman, 1966
- Species Sphaerosyllis capensis Day, 1953
- Species Sphaerosyllis ceciliae Barroso, Paiva, Nogueira & Fukuda, 2017
- Species Sphaerosyllis chinensis Zhao & Wu, 1992
- Species Sphaerosyllis claparedei Ehlers, 1864
- Species Sphaerosyllis climenti Del-Pilar-Ruso & San Martín, 2012
- Species Sphaerosyllis densopapillata Hartmann-Schröder, 1979
- Species Sphaerosyllis dieteri San Martín, Lucas & Westheide, 2021
- Species Sphaerosyllis dubiosa Hartmann-Schröder, 1962
- Species Sphaerosyllis fortuita Webster, 1879
- Species Sphaerosyllis georgeharrisoni San Martín, 2005
- Species Sphaerosyllis glandulata Perkins, 1981
- Species Sphaerosyllis goorabantennata San Martín, 2005
- Species Sphaerosyllis gravinae Somaschini & San Martín, 1994
- Species Sphaerosyllis hermaphrodita Westheide, 1990
- Species Sphaerosyllis hirsuta Ehlers, 1897
- Species Sphaerosyllis hutchingsae Ding & Westheide, 2008
- Species Sphaerosyllis hystrix Claparède, 1863
- Species Sphaerosyllis iliffei Núñez, Martínez & Brito, 2009
- Species Sphaerosyllis joinvillensis Hartmann-Schröder & Rosenfeldt, 1988
- Species Sphaerosyllis jungei Ding & Westheide, 2008
- Species Sphaerosyllis labyrinthophila Gardiner & Wilson, 1979
- Species Sphaerosyllis lanai Ogawa, Mendes, Siqueira & Rizzo, 2024
- Species Sphaerosyllis lateropapillata Hartmann-Schröder, 1986
- Species Sphaerosyllis latipalpis Levinsen, 1883
- Species Sphaerosyllis leptocirrata Ding & Westheide, 2008
- Species Sphaerosyllis levantina Faulwetter, Chatzigeorgiou, Galil, Nicolaidou & Arvanitidis, 2011
- Species Sphaerosyllis longilamina Russell, 1989
- Species Sphaerosyllis magnidentata Perkins, 1981
- Species Sphaerosyllis minima Hartmann-Schröder, 1960
- Species Sphaerosyllis monicae Barroso, Paiva, Nogueira & Fukuda, 2017
- Species Sphaerosyllis mussismiliaicola Nogueira, San Martín & Amaral, 2001
- Species Sphaerosyllis ovigera Langerhans, 1879
- Species Sphaerosyllis papillifera Naville, 1933
- Species Sphaerosyllis parabulbosa San Martín & López, 2002
- Species Sphaerosyllis parapionosylliiformis Hartmann-Schröder, 1962
- Species Sphaerosyllis parvoculata Russell, 1989
- Species Sphaerosyllis perkinsi Riser, 1991
- Species Sphaerosyllis pirifera Claparède, 1868
- Species Sphaerosyllis piriferopsis Perkins, 1981
- Species Sphaerosyllis pontica Surugiu & San Martín, 2017
- Species Sphaerosyllis pumila Westheide, 1974
- Species Sphaerosyllis pygipapillata Hartmann-Schröder, 1981
- Species Sphaerosyllis qiquani Ding & Westheide, 2008
- Species Sphaerosyllis ranunculus Kudenov & Harris, 1995
- Species Sphaerosyllis renaudae Hartmann-Schröder, 1958
- Species Sphaerosyllis ridgensis Blake & Hilbig, 1990
- Species Sphaerosyllis riseri Perkins, 1981
- Species Sphaerosyllis rotundipapillata Hartmann-Schröder, 1982
- Species Sphaerosyllis ruthae San Martín, 2004
- Species Sphaerosyllis sandrae Álvarez & San Martín, 2009
- Species Sphaerosyllis sanmartini Böggemann & Westheide, 2004
- Species Sphaerosyllis sexpapillata Hartmann-Schröder, 1979
- Species Sphaerosyllis tarquei Lucas, Sikorski & San Martín, 2018
- Species Sphaerosyllis taylori Perkins, 1981
- Species Sphaerosyllis tenuis Ding & Westheide, 2008
- Species Sphaerosyllis tetralobata Salcedo, San Martín & Solís-Weiss, 2016
- Species Sphaerosyllis thomasi San Martín, 1984
- Species Sphaerosyllis voluntariorum San Martín, 2005
- Subgenus Sphaerosyllis (Prosphaerosyllis) San Martín, 1984 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis San Martín, 1984 (Rank change)
- Species Sphaerosyllis (Prosphaerosyllis) adelae San Martín, 1984 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis adelae (San Martín, 1984) (superseded original combination)
- Species Sphaerosyllis (Prosphaerosyllis) brevicirra Hartmann-Schröder, 1960 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis brevicirra (Hartmann-Schröder, 1960)
- Species Sphaerosyllis (Prosphaerosyllis) nathani San Martín & López, 1998 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis nathani (San Martín & López, 1998) (superseded original combination)
- Subgenus Sphaerosyllis (Sphaerosyllis) Claparède, 1863 accepted as Sphaerosyllis Claparède, 1863
- Species Sphaerosyllis adelae San Martín, 1984 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis adelae (San Martín, 1984) (superseded recombination)
- Species Sphaerosyllis belizensis Russell, 1989 accepted as Erinaceusyllis belizensis (Russell, 1989) (superseded original combination)
- Species Sphaerosyllis bidentata Hartmann-Schröder, 1974 accepted as Erinaceusyllis bidentata (Hartmann-Schröder, 1974) (superseded alternate representation of original combination)
- Species Sphaerosyllis bilineata Kudenov & Harris, 1995 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis bilineata (Kudenov & Harris, 1995) (superseded original combination)
- Species Sphaerosyllis brandhorsti Hartmann-Schröder, 1965 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis brandhorsti (Hartmann-Schröder, 1965) (superseded original combination)
- Species Sphaerosyllis brevicirra Hartmann-Schröder, 1960 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis brevicirra (Hartmann-Schröder, 1960) (superseded original combination)
- Species Sphaerosyllis campoyi San Martín, Acero, Contonente & Gómez, 1982 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis campoyi (San Martín, Acero, Contonente & Gómez, 1982) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)
- Species Sphaerosyllis centroamericana Hartmann-Schröder, 1959 accepted as Erinaceusyllis centroamericana (Hartmann-Schröder, 1959) (superseded original combination)
- Species Sphaerosyllis claparedi Ehlers, 1864 accepted as Sphaerosyllis claparedei Ehlers, 1864 (misspelling)
- Species Sphaerosyllis claparedii Ehlers, 1864 accepted as Sphaerosyllis claparedei Ehlers, 1864 (emended)
- Species Sphaerosyllis cryptica Ben-Eliahu, 1977 accepted as Erinaceusyllis cryptica (Ben-Eliahu, 1977) (alternate representation of superseded original combination)
- Species Sphaerosyllis cuticulata Hartmann-Schröder, 1991 accepted as Sphaerosyllis densopapillata Hartmann-Schröder, 1979 (subjective synonym)
- Species Sphaerosyllis erinaceus Claparède, 1863 accepted as Erinaceusyllis erinaceus (Claparède, 1863)
- Species Sphaerosyllis giandoi Somaschini & San Martín, 1994 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis giandoi (Somaschini & San Martín, 1994) (superseded original combination)
- Species Sphaerosyllis horrocksensis (Hartmann-Schröder, 1981) accepted as Erinaceusyllis horrocksensis (Hartmann-Schröder, 1981) (superseded recombination)
- Species Sphaerosyllis isabellae Nogueira, San Martín & Amaral, 2001 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis isabellae (Nogueira, San Martín & Amaral, 2001) (superseded original combination)
- Species Sphaerosyllis kerguelensis McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis kerguelensis (McIntosh, 1885) (superseded original combination)
- Species Sphaerosyllis longicauda Webster & Benedict, 1887 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis longicauda (Webster & Benedict, 1887)
- Species Sphaerosyllis longicirrata Webster & Benedict, 1884 accepted as Parapionosyllis longicirrata (Webster & Benedict, 1884)
- Species Sphaerosyllis longipapillata Hartmann-Schröder, 1979 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis longipapillata (Hartmann-Schröder, 1979)
- Species Sphaerosyllis magnoculata Hartmann-Schröder, 1986 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis magnoculata (Hartmann-Schröder, 1986) (superseded original combination)
- Species Sphaerosyllis mcintoshi Ehlers, 1897 accepted as Salvatoria kerguelensis McIntosh, 1885 (subjective synonym)
- Species Sphaerosyllis multipapillata Hartmann-Schröder, 1979 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis multipapillata (Hartmann-Schröder, 1979) (superseded original combination)
- Species Sphaerosyllis nathani San Martín & López, 1998 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis nathani (San Martín & López, 1998) (superseded re-ranking)
- Species Sphaerosyllis opisthoculata Hartmann-Schröder, 1979 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis opisthoculata (Hartmann-Schröder, 1979) (superseded original combination)
- Species Sphaerosyllis palpopapillata Hartmann-Schröder & Rosenfeldt, 1992 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis palpopapillata (Hartmann-Schröder & Rosenfeldt, 1992) (superseded original combination)
- Species Sphaerosyllis papillosissima Hartmann-Schröder, 1979 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis papillosissima (Hartmann-Schröder, 1979) (superseded original combination)
- Species Sphaerosyllis perspicax Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Erinaceusyllis perspicax (Ehlers, 1908) (superseded original combination)
- Species Sphaerosyllis pusilla (Dujardin, 1851) accepted as Brania pusilla (Dujardin, 1851) (superseded recombination)
- Species Sphaerosyllis retrodens Ehlers, 1897 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis kerguelensis (McIntosh, 1885) (subjective synonym)
- Species Sphaerosyllis semiverrucosa Ehlers, 1913 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis semiverrucosa (Ehlers, 1913) (superseded original combination)
- Species Sphaerosyllis sublaevis Ehlers, 1913 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis sublaevis (Ehlers, 1913) (superseded original combination)
- Species Sphaerosyllis subterranea Hartmann-Schröder, 1965 accepted as Erinaceusyllis subterranea (Hartmann-Schröder, 1965) (superseded original combination)
- Species Sphaerosyllis tenuicirrata Claparède, 1864 accepted as Salvatoria tenuicirrata (Claparède, 1864) (superseded original combination)
- Species Sphaerosyllis tetralix Eliason, 1920 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis tetralix (Eliason, 1920) (Following subgenus synonymy)
- Species Sphaerosyllis xarifae Hartmann-Schröder, 1960 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis xarifae (Hartmann-Schröder, 1960) (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Claparède, A. R. É. (1863). Beobachtungen über Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte wirbelloser Thiere: an der Küste von Normandie angestellt. [Observations on the anatomy and evolution of invertebrates: made on the coast of Normandy.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 1-120, 18 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10030
page(s): 45 [details]
page(s): 45 [details]
Etymology The name of the genus Sphaerosyllis is derived from the Latin prefix sphaero-, meaning 'round' or 'globe shaped', and the...
Etymology The name of the genus Sphaerosyllis is derived from the Latin prefix sphaero-, meaning 'round' or 'globe shaped', and the generic name Syllis, making reference to the round shaped antennae and cirri typical of the genus. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Sphaerosyllis Claparède, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129677 on 2024-11-21
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original description
Claparède, A. R. É. (1863). Beobachtungen über Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte wirbelloser Thiere: an der Küste von Normandie angestellt. [Observations on the anatomy and evolution of invertebrates: made on the coast of Normandy.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 1-120, 18 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10030
page(s): 45 [details]
basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source San Martín, G. (2003). Annelida, Polychaeta II: Syllidae. <em>In: Ramos MA et al. (eds) Fauna Iberica, Vol 21, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. CSIC, Madrid.</em> p 1-554. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
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redescription San Martín, Guillermo. (2005). Exogoninae (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from Australia with the description of a new genus and twenty-two new species. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 57(1): 39-152., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1438 [details] Available for editors [request]
identification resource San Martín, G. (1984). Descripción de una nueva especie y revisión del género <i>Sphaerosyllis</i> (Polychaeta: Syllidae). <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 25(4): 375-391., available online at http://application.sb-roscoff.fr/cbm/article.htm?execution=e11s1
page(s): 387; note: key to Sphaerosyllis [details]
page(s): 45 [details]
basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source San Martín, G. (2003). Annelida, Polychaeta II: Syllidae. <em>In: Ramos MA et al. (eds) Fauna Iberica, Vol 21, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. CSIC, Madrid.</em> p 1-554. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription San Martín, Guillermo. (2005). Exogoninae (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from Australia with the description of a new genus and twenty-two new species. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 57(1): 39-152., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1438 [details] Available for editors
[request]identification resource San Martín, G. (1984). Descripción de una nueva especie y revisión del género <i>Sphaerosyllis</i> (Polychaeta: Syllidae). <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 25(4): 375-391., available online at http://application.sb-roscoff.fr/cbm/article.htm?execution=e11s1
page(s): 387; note: key to Sphaerosyllis [details]
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Etymology The name of the genus Sphaerosyllis is derived from the Latin prefix sphaero-, meaning 'round' or 'globe shaped', and the generic name Syllis, making reference to the round shaped antennae and cirri typical of the genus. [details]Remark Type species S. hystrix Claparède, 1863 in Fauchald, 1977<246>. [details]
